The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνηφάλιος“sober”
- English todaynephalist
From Ancient Greek νηφάλιος (nēphálios, “sober”), from νήφω (nḗphō, “to be sober”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνηφάλιος all →
nephalism
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.